@mcc @glyph I think that’s a little unfair to red hat (it’s just *more inconveniently* available now) but as a general matter, yeah. In particular:
1️⃣ copyleft has always been mostly in practice less legal contract, more social contract (though there are important exceptions); and
2️⃣ because it is ~ impossible to revise, over time copylefts almost always become *less* contractual because lawyers for users are constantly shrinking them, while lawyers for creators are rarely expanding them.
@mcc @glyph like, GPLv2 to lawyers in the late 1990s: THIS IS A BOOGEYMAN THAT WILL EAT YOUR CHILDREN.
GPLv2 to lawyers in the present: oh, yeah, I learned that in second-year copyright, including the standard weaknesses/limitations, and I know who to speed-dial if I need to get details on how to exploit it.
Exact same text, very different real world impact.